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A better future for a troubled worldMon, 30 Jul 2018 11:45:44 +0000hourly1Comment on Transition Money by hummhttp://www.darkoptimism.org/2012/05/17/transition-money/#comment-291196
Mon, 30 Jul 2018 11:45:44 +0000http://www.darkoptimism.org/?p=3375#comment-291196Not sure how I fell across this piece but surely glad I did! Hard to believe it was written 6 years back.
]]>Comment on Why our cultural stories matter by Carbon Offsetting, the true nature of the system - Dark Optimismhttp://www.darkoptimism.org/2008/12/13/why-cultural-stories-matter/#comment-291169
Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:15:26 +0000http://www.darkoptimism.org/?p=301#comment-291169[…] If we are serious about retaining a hospitable climate, we need a fundamental re-evaluation of our entire way of life, and the only way that will come about is through changes in the fundamental stories we tell ourselves about life and what it means. […]
]]>Comment on Debate at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre by Carbon Offsetting, the true nature of the system - Dark Optimismhttp://www.darkoptimism.org/2010/02/17/debate-at-the-science-museum%e2%80%99s-dana-centre/#comment-291168
Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:13:40 +0000http://www.darkoptimism.org/?p=1686#comment-291168[…] the back of taking part in CheatNeutral‘s spoof chat show ‘Going Neutral’ at the Science Museum, this feels like the perfect time to take a look at the concept of voluntary […]
]]>Comment on TEQs discussion on Newsnight by Valarie Lamont Weatherfordhttp://www.darkoptimism.org/2008/03/11/teqs-discussion-on-newsnight/#comment-291115
Fri, 20 Jul 2018 03:09:18 +0000http://beta.darkoptimism.org/2008/03/11/teqs-discussion-on-newsnight/#comment-291115Virtual reality іs the upcoming trend of this decade. Handy for Stephen Hale because it seems he has been living there for years!
]]>Comment on TEQs (downstream) or Cap and Dividend (upstream)? by Blake Alcotthttp://www.darkoptimism.org/2008/06/08/teqs-downstream-vs-cap-and-dividend-upstream/#comment-290743
Wed, 06 Jun 2018 18:03:30 +0000http://www.darkoptimism.org/?p=27#comment-290743Dear Shaun,
I advocate a super-upstream system where the amount of fossil fuels extracted from the land and sea of a country or imported into the country is capped in physically defined terms covering coal, gas and oil. Upstream the state auctions permits to EXTRACT and IMPOR (or it takes bids at a politically-determined price per unit and uses non-price criteria to decide between competing bidders). The number of physically-defined units per permit is also politically decided.
At the other end (to my mind it is a bit confusing to call it ‘downstream’) each individual is given an equal number of permits to BUY. Fossil fuels change hands only when an extraction/import permit and a purchase permit meet, i.e. are given over to a state registrar of some sort.
Now individuals will hardly ever purchase coal, gas or oil in the crude form it comes out of the ground or sea. Therefore almost all individuals will sell almost all their permits right off the bat of each distribution period (monthly, let’s say). To be able to sell petrol at a petrol station, that is, a person or company would have to buy a permit from an individual and present it to the primary extrator or importer when buying the primary stuff – only then could that person or company refine it, transport it, store it, etc.
On this basis I can maybe start an answer to two of your points. 1) The quantities extracted/imported and burned are not determined by price, but by law determining maximum, physically-defined amounts. The prices have nothing to do with doing the ‘environmental’ or ‘sustainability’ work of the scheme. 2) You argue that this scheme is weak in not engaging people, or being close enough to them so they will understand and be motivated. But my proposal would have to be democratically legislated for, so these processes of understanding and engagement would already have taking place before the scheme starts. A 51% majority would have had to have been found for the scheme in a referrendum. The social-marketing is already done, and people know what is going on.
You grant that upstream systems have the virtue of simplicity. I agree, and that is even one of their selling-points.
I am afraid I do not quite follow some of the terminology in your post and its comments, but I hope the two points I’ve made are relevant.
Thanks, Blake
]]>Comment on Sterling College symposium on David Fleming’s legacy by News from Shaun Chamberlin | New Era Networkhttp://www.darkoptimism.org/2018/01/31/sterling-college-symposium-david-flemings-legacy/#comment-290540
Thu, 17 May 2018 18:59:55 +0000http://www.darkoptimism.org/?p=5202#comment-290540[…] http://www.darkoptimism.org/2018/01/31/sterling-college-symposium-david-flemings-legacy/ […]
]]>Comment on Values and Propaganda by Interview on grief, Dark Optimism, aliveness and activism - Dark Optimismhttp://www.darkoptimism.org/2010/09/29/values-and-propaganda/#comment-290346
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:56:02 +0000http://www.darkoptimism.org/?p=2383#comment-290346[…] a logical flaw at the heart of a lot of arguments that we make in “the movement” – whichever movement label […]
]]>Comment on Dark Optimism – The Album by Shaun Chamberlinhttp://www.darkoptimism.org/2017/02/18/dark-optimism-the-album-2/#comment-289938
Sun, 04 Mar 2018 18:57:59 +0000http://www.darkoptimism.org/?p=4762#comment-289938Cheers Matt, will have a listen. Hope you found something stimulating in my collection to date.
]]>Comment on Dark Optimism – The Album by Matthttp://www.darkoptimism.org/2017/02/18/dark-optimism-the-album-2/#comment-289933
Sun, 04 Mar 2018 06:10:37 +0000http://www.darkoptimism.org/?p=4762#comment-289933Hey mate. My band’s whole album fits the theme. Vanishing Point by The General Assembly. Enjoy! https://thegeneralassembly.bandcamp.com/album/vanishing-point
]]>Comment on Dark Optimism – The Album by Shaun Chamberlinhttp://www.darkoptimism.org/2017/02/18/dark-optimism-the-album-2/#comment-289639
Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:36:36 +0000http://www.darkoptimism.org/?p=4762#comment-289639Thanks Vasa – it’s all interconnected alright. Nice track!
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